A new digital camera from Sony gives photographers a way to record where they took their snapshots by saving the G.P.S. coordinates.
Source: www.nytimes.com

Dog-Gone GPS Locator: RoamEO Keeps Track of That Roving Beast 
Numerous GPS devices have been released for dogs, and here’s the next one, called RoamEO, letting you find that little lost sheep when he’s gone astray. This is a fairly simple-looking device, which…
Source: www.gizmodo.com

Download of the Day: Naggie (BlackBerry) 
BlackBerry only: Freeware program Naggie is a location-based reminder application (similar to web site Remember the Milk) with a very cool twist: it integrates with your BlackBerry’s GPS location to…
Source: www.lifehacker.com

Urgent action needed for rural maternity services 
Maternity services for rural women are at crisis point and urgent action is needed to improve the situation, says the New Zealand Medical Association.
Source: www.stuff.co.nz

/ Odds & Ends 
To explore Tibet, some secret weapons are needed to ensure a once-in-a-lifetime journey free from some expected problems. Digital cameras help capture the views, mobile phones help keep in touch with friends, DV cameras can lend extra electronic memory to back up an oxygen-starved brain and GPS helps travellers make sure they are always on the right track.
Source: www.chinadaily.com.cn

GPS the latest tool in fight against avian influenza 
Wearing light solar-powered GPS satellite transmitters, wild swans from Mongolia are winging their way across Eurasia, while land-bound scientists tracking the birds’ journeys on computers say that these unique studies will shed light on how wild birds may be involved in the spread of avian influenza.
Source: www.news-medical.net